Cotton-harvester.



PATENTED JUNE l2, 1906.

- A. E. M. COMEEE.

COTTON HARVESTER.

.PPLIGATION FILED JULY 20, 1905.

AUGUSTUS G. M. COMBEE, OF ROIME, GEORGIA.

COTTONHARVESTER.

Speeiiication of Letters Eatent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application ied July 20,1905. Serial No. 270,514.

State of GeorgiaY have invented certain new and useful Irn rovernents in Cotton-Harvesters; and I o declarethe following to be a hill, clear, and exact description ot the in.-

' vention, such as will venable others skilled in the art to' which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to improvements in cotton-pickers harvesters.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character upon which the cotton-pickers may ridewhile picking the cotton and which will protect the pickers from the suns rays while working and also protects the gathered cotton from rain.

Afurthcr object is to provide means Where by the cotton picked may be conducted and discharged into suitable receptacles carried by the harvester.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists oi certain novel features oflconstruction, combination, and arranv'einent ofjparts, as will be hereinai ter described and claimed. A

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective 'View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the saine, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through one of the seat-supportind and conveyor frames.

eiei'ring in'ore particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes supporting-wheels, upon which are mounted a supporting-traine 2, to the upper ends of which is connected a canopy 3. Arranged in the suppoiting-'l'raine 2 is a series of loiigitudinally-disposed conveyerframes 4, of which there may be any suitable number, three of the saine being shown-in the present instance. The frames 4 are spaced apart to permit of the passage oi' the saine between the rows oi cotton-plants.

In the conveyor-haines 4 are arranged suitable conveyors 5, said conveyers being here shown and preferably consist of endless belts or aprons which )ass around rollers y6, Journaled in the ends ci the frames 4..

On th top edges of the sides oi the convcyer-irames 4 albove the endless eonveyers are slidably mounted seatsupporting frames 8, upon which are revoiubly mounted seats 9.

The seat-frames areprovided on their edges with cleats" or iianges which are adapted to engage the outer faces of the sides of the conveyor-frames 4, there by preventing` said sides i'roin spreading.

in operation the pickers sit upon the seats 9, from which position they may conveniently reach the cotton on the rows of plants between which the machine is passing. 'The picked cotton is thrown upon the conveyors 5, by which the saine is conveyed to one end oi' the conveyerefraines and. discharged into baskets, bags, or other suitable receptacles, which are adapted to be engaged with said end of the conveyer-.tralnes 1f desired, removable elevator-frames 4 inay be secured to the ends of the frames 4, upon which the picked cotton may be deposited by the conveyers 5 and from which the cotton In ay be deposit-ed into suitable receptacles. The endless conveyors 5 are mounted upon the rollers 6 andmay be driven by hand or geared to the moving parts of the machine in any suitable manner-sucia for instance, as shown in the drawings and consisting of sprocket-wheels 10, fixed on one end of the conveyer-roll shafts at one end of the conveyor-frames The sprocket-wheels 1() on the outside conveyors are connected by sprocket-chains 11 to sprocket-Wheels 12, fixed on the extended ends of the adjacent supporting-wheel shafts. On 'the conveyershatt ot one o'l` the outside eonveyers is iixed a sprocket-wheel 13, which is connected by a sprocket-chain 14 witha sprocket-wheel 15 on a counter-shaft 16, journaled in the top oi the frame 2. On said shaft 16 is mounted a sprocket-wheel 17, around which and the wheel 10 on the central conveyci--shai"t is passed a chain 1S, whereby niotion is imparted to said central conveyor. It desired, the endless conveyers 5 and elevators 4 -inay be dispensed with and the cotton `deposited into the iranies 4 andremoved by hand when the saine have been iilled. l

" To the opposite sides of the seatfra1nes S are secured the ends of a protecting apron or belt 20, which is passed around guide-rollers journaled in the ends of the frames 4, whereby the cotton placed in s'aid frames may be protected from dirt, dust, leaves, te. The aprons or belts 20 are provided adjacent to the seatdrarne and on each side .of the saine with openings through which the cotton may beI deposited into the fra-nies 4 or onto the conveyers 5.

On the framework of the harvester at any suitable point may be secured a weighing device, said device being here shown as a pair IOO IIO

' herein shown and chi the of scales-22, secured to the lframe 2 of the harvester. Toon'e or both ends of the machine -is connected a suitable draft mechanism, to

which draft-animals may be hitched to drawv machine through the cotton-field.

By the use of a machine constructed as described the pickers will be protected from the rays of the sun and by means of the revolving and sliding seats will be enabled to conveniently reach all of the cotton-pods on the plants by which the mane passes.

From the foregoing description', taken in connection with the accompanying draw-v ings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood Without re uiring a more extended explanation.

arious changes in the form, proportion', and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany ofthe advantages of this lnvention.

Having thus described my invention, lwhat I and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` l 1. A cotton-harvester comprising a wheel- I supported'frame, a series of troughs or frames sas-,034

clined conveyers extending from the ends'oit the frames at one end of the machine, substantially as described.'

2. In a cotton-harvester, the combination with a wheeled 'supporting-frame,- of a series of troughs or frames adapted to receive the picked cotton, seats slidably mountedon said frames, and a .protecting-apron having its opposite ends attached to the opposite1 sides of said seat-frames and passing over guide-rollers at the opposite ends of said troughs or frames, said apron having openings formed therein adjacent to said seatframe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTUS G. M. ooMBEE.

Witnesses: A

OHAs'. C. HARPER,

N. A.- DENNY. 

